Northern Micro Spirit Q370-AS, User Manual

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4GB of Memory Installed, Computer only Recognizes 3.0GB or less
Solution
If you installed a total of 4GB of memory , the system will detect less than 4GB of total
memory because of address space allocation for other critical functions, such as:
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System BIOS (including motherboard, add-on cards, etc…)
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Motherboards resources
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Memory mapped I/O configuration for AGP/PCI-Ex/PCI
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Other memory allocations for PCI devices
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Different onboard devices and different add-on cards (devices) will result in a different
total memory size.
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e.g. more PCI cards installed will require more memory resources, resulting in less
free memory for other uses.
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On an SLI system, since PCI Express graphic cards will occupy around 256MB, another
256MB will be occupied after you install a 2nd PCI Express graphic card. Hence, only
2.75GB of memory is left if two SLI cards are installed while 3.0GB memory is left with
one graphic card.
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This limitation applies to most chipsets and to Microsoft Windows 32-bit version
operating systems.
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With a Windows 32-bit version of the operating system , we recommend that you have
less than 3GB of total memory installed. If more than 3GB memory is required for your
system, then these two conditions must be met:
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The memory controller which supports memory swap functionality must
used. Chipsets later than Intel 975X, 955X, Nvidia NF4 SLI Intel Edition, Nvidia NF4
SLI X16, and AMD K8 CPU architecture support memory swap function.
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Installation of a Windows 64-bit Operating System , which can address more than
4GB of memory .
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Audio is abnormal
Solution
Abnormal input/
output
There is a yellow question mark before the audio device in Device Manager
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First please install the patch "MICROSOFT UAA Function Driver for High Definition
Audio" for the Operating System
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Re-install the audio driver
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There is a yellow exclamation mark before the audio device in Device Manager
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First un-install all the drivers related to the audio device and install the patch
"MICROSOFT UAA Function Driver for High Definition Audio" for the Operating
System
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Restart the PC, if the problem still persists, please recover the system or re-install
the Operating System and load the latest audio device driver
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